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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2018.0061
A vulnerability has been identified in Tenable Nessus
20 March 2018
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Tenable Nessus
Operating System: Windows
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-1141
Member content until: Thursday, April 19 2018
OVERVIEW
A vulnerability has been identified in Tenable Nessus prior to version
7.0.3. [1]
IMPACT
The vendor has provided the following details regarding the
vulnerability:
"When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default
location, Nessus did not enforce secure permissions for
sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if
users had not secured the directories in the installation location."
[1]
MITIGATION
The vendor advises users should upgrade to the latest version of
Tenable Nessus and Nessus Enterprise to resolve these issues. [1]
REFERENCES
[1] [R1] Nessus 7.0.3 Fixes One Vulnerability
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-01
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